Lie symmetries and conservation laws of non-linear multidimensional reaction-diffusion systems with variable diffusivities

IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics (Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications)

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 391-408

  Cherniha, Roman ^a,b   King, John R ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Ukraine)

^b INTERREGIONAL ACADEMY OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT   (Ukraine)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation law; Lie symmetry; Maximal algebra of invariance; Non linear reaction diffusion system

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRA; DIFFUSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CONSERVATION LAW; LIE SYMMETRY; MAXIMAL ALGEBRA; NON-LINEAR REACTION-DIFFUSION SYSTEM;

NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

EID: 33748071153     PISSN: 02724960     EISSN: 14643634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/imamat/hxh103     Document Type: Article

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